Antique Print-SAILING SHIP-BARGE-RACE-THAMES-ENGLAND-GREENHITHE-1868

Price: € 44,50

Subject: Plate : 'Barge match on the Thames; off Greenhithe.' English text on verso.

Condition: Very good, given age. Small stains in the right margin, some thumbing/soiling in the middle bottom margin. General age-related toning and light staining/soiling from handling as visible on image. Please study scan carefully.

Description: This antique print originates from 'The Illustrated London News'. The Illustrated London News was the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine; its inaugural issue appeared on Saturday, 14 May 1842. The magazine was published weekly until 1971, and less frequently thereafter. Publication ceased in 2003. This plate was published 1868.